Fiery Gift

All I know how to do is look scary and talk straight. I love this line

Elva can really hit hard.

From high above, Pym mentally directed his illusionary elk through the cloud of mist and toward the guards battling Alfren. He made a beeline north, trying to get to the wizard and clerics as quickly as possible. Pym would only elevate enough to get over the fog cloud. He doesn't want to make his form visible by flying through the fog.

I was contacted by . Their recovery seems to be going well, so they have asked to come back. I told them to just go ahead jump in when they are ready.

Urfthan heads west. With a mighty swing, he strikes the zombie. However some dark, lead colored force writhes from the zombie's body. It pushes back against the gladiator's blade and dulls the blow. Uuuuggggh . . . . the zombie moans in response to the strike. It pulls its attention from the writhing Shefton towards Urthan. Somehow this odd dark magic has protected it. Seraphina's magic does its work. Shefton's bruise disappears. thankyouthankyouthankyou he says as he recovers. He looks to make his escape. While Tann's focus is "rewarded" with another direct strike on the zombie and its accompanying scent of rotten flesh being burned. She has burned deeply enough through the zombie that she can see the bones of its neck glowing through the flesh, but the zombie's skeleton is intact. The dark magic that powers it is sufficient to keep it mobile and trying to feed on Shefton. Just in time, another Calyx appears. Upon the triggering of this divine blessing and at the elf's urging, Shefton attempts to roll away from his attackers. Unfortunately, he accidentally bumps into Calyx's sword arm tossing the otherwise well-aimed slash off its target. His awkward attempt to leave draws further attention from the two desperately hungry zombies. (zombie 2 AoO) The second zombie's bite locks into Shefton's back. thank . . . you . . . The third zombie follows with a bite on his neck. thnnkkkk . . . Shefton gurgles and the light goes out from his eyes. The second zombie takes a step forward to fall on the half elf trying desperately to feed. (zombie 3 AoO) Iridni's magic shadows snap tight around foot of the third zombie locking it in place. It screams in frustration seeing its comrade feed on the hot, fresh corpse lying on the cold, dungeon floor (Will Save vs Shadow Trap) (zombie 2 AoO dmg) (zombie 3 AoO dmg) The zombie facing Uthan reaches out. Its hand surrounded by the dull grey energy. (touch attack vs Urthan) He contacts the warrior and Urthan begins bleeding profusely from his nose, ears, eyes and potentially other openings. (bleed damage) It is now the parties turn, in whatever order they post.

The young man's exorbitant demands seemed a little less entertaining as time wore on, but Chappie did his best to maintain his smile. I wouldn't say you'd have nothing to show for it. You get to redeem yourself for attempting to steal from me. Further , you get the opportunity to prove you can be an assistant, which means you'll be an associate instead of an enemy. I think that associate status would be very valuable to you when compared to the other option. The going rate for an assistant is 1 silver a day. Working 5 days a week for 2 weeks means you'd get 1 gold piece at the end of it if I was paying you. A tanglefoot bag is usually about 50 gold pieces. What you're asking for is 50 times more than the going rate. You apparently think I'm smart enough that you need to copy my notes, but dumb enough that you can con me. Just to be clear, since elves don't always understand human nuances, I find that rather insulting. Chappie began to have doubts about trusting this elf as an assistant. He let his words sink in for a little bit, and continued. The young elf was obviously looking for a better offer. Chappie didn't blame the boy, but felt like he needed to be clear that he wouldn't tolerate being stolen from. You couldn't be soft on the streets of Korvosa. So here's my final offer. You can work for me for 1 week, for free, to make up for stealing from me. If you do a good job and prove you can do what I need effectively, I will hire you as an assistant starting at the rate of 1 silver piece a day. If we get to the end of the week and either you don't want to continue working for me or I don't want to hire you, we'll go our separate ways and call the slate clean. If you don't want that offer, leave the notes you took on the table and go. I'll make sure Shireen and the rest of my friends know what you've done and you won't be welcome back here.

Pym watched Alfren's battle. The man had proven himself a capable combatant more than once and Pym had every confidence that assistance owuld not be required in defeating the foe. Pym prepared himself to cast an offensive spell once the enemy spellcasters broke through the fog.

We could. I think that on his next turn, Pym is going to get some elevation, wait for them to break through the fog, and then make his move.

Due to the crowd control in place this isn't a target rich environment at the moment. I'm halfway inclined to take a strategic pause. One of the worst enemies of buff spells is "duration". If we could just back off for a few minutes and then rejoin the attack, the buffs they've cast should be worn off and the spell slots they used to cast them will still be burnt. Once they break through the fog, Pym will try to suss out what they actually cast. @kylia quilor Do invisible people cast a shadow?

I was able to revise the round 2 post, but I am out of time to process the round 3 post. I will get that posted tomorrow afternoon.

I went back and checked. The answer is "yes" It was done in a post before the initiative roll, so I didn't look that far back when determining what was going on in the round. I have readjusted. He was missed in the first round, so that had no impact. The big change is that distance meant the second and third zombies were not able to attack, only to move forward. Subsequently, the second attack I rolled for on round 2 didn't land, and Shefton lives for at least another 6 seconds. Well done. Sorry for the oversight

Sorry for missing that. It has been adjusted, and I'll keep my eye out for that change going forward.

It looks like I may have had some minor oversights in my post. I'll review and revise as needed.

Pym made his move. The other spiders were currently distracted and he knew the enemy wizard's and clerics would be coming out of the fog soon. He would need to be fairly close to do any effective dispelling. He moved forward to and to the left skirting the outside of the cages. Double move North 5 squares (25 feet movement), North West 4 squares (30 feet movement) Pym is invisible for 4 more rounds

Tann's ray lances across the room and strikes the zombie. Frost forms around the shoulder and neck of the walking corpse, but if it is damaged, it is hard to tell. The monster is much more interested in the tasty half-elf so near by. With my name on it? Urthan growls. He seems chagrined by Vanthus trap and a little relieved to take out his angst on something. He bursts out of the tunnel, followed by Seraphina and slashes the zombie nearest the east wall. His greatsword splits the dead being in two making it even more dead than before. Now you're naimless. the gladiator says to the cold, crumpled pile of flesh at his feet. Calyx and Iridni assemble on the other side of the room. Shefton question seems to have garnered the attention of the rest of the nondismembered zombies. They attempt to answer with deeds rather than words. The first initial zombie slams him. Shefton almost crumples. A second zombie from the west, then a third swarm towards the turncoat.. Help! Help! (attack 1) It is now the party's turn. You can go in whatever order you post. I have revised based on the missed "pulling of Shefton" by Calyx. Shefton is not dead. He is gravely injured. Only attack 1 below hits. The 2nd zombie isn't able to attack, only move. The zombie adjacent Urthan is destroyed and not a threat.